Plastics
The boom in plastics during the past few decades has choked landfills with materials that will never biodegrade and created serious problems for recyclers. In this section, we provide information about the different types of plastics, their effects on your family's health and the enviroment, and what you can do to recycle plastics.
The best advice with plastics is still: Buy as little plastic as possible, and reuse plastics wherever it is safe and practical.